Author: ISM Media
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26 Palestinian political prisoners released; 5,000 remain in prison
7th January 2014 | Resistenza Quotidiana, Sil | Gaza, Occupied Palestine 26 political prisoners, held in Israeli prisons since the Oslo Accords, were released the night of 30th December. About 5,000 others remain in prisons located in the territories occupied in 1948, a violation of international law. Umm Dia’a thought her son would be among the…
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Israeli forces arrest three youth in Hebron
06th January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine This morning in Khalil (Hebon), a large group of Israeli border police and soldiers gathered outside checkpoint 29. Israeli forces fired several tear gas grenades towards a school, detained four Palestinian youth and arrested three of them, taking them to Kiryat Arba police…
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Gaza fishermen suffer 85 percent income loss as Israeli siege, attacks continue
4th January 2014 | The Electronic Intifada, Joe Catron | Gaza City, Occupied Palestine On 17 December, Palestinian fishermen and their supporters erected a tent — a traditional venue for protest, as well as celebration and mourning — inside the Gaza seaport. “It was to highlight the situation, the crimes of the Israelis against fishermen here,” said Amjad al-Shrafi, treasurer…
